by Rhonda Alves
Assistant Academic Director
I hope that your school year is off to a great start. I know you are organizing your classes and UIL programs. I have received many participation cards, and I would appreciate it if those of you who have not yet registered your campuses would do so online at http://www.uil.utexas.edu/forms/ejhpart.html.
Check out this year’s rule changes at http://www.uil.utexas.edu/admin/newrule.html. The Legislative Council meets in Austin in October, and rule changes for the 20032004 school year will be determined at that time. The results of the meeting will be posted on the UIL web site.
The annual UIL academic fall workshops are scheduled as follows: Tyler Junior College, Sept. 21; Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Sept. 28; The University of Texas at Austin, Oct.19; the University of Texas PanAmerica in Edinburg, Nov. 9. UIL has adopted a rotating schedule for the workshops so we can cover more areas of the state. The workshops are free, and no registration is required. Tentative schedules will be posted on the web site. Please remember that elementary and junior high sessions are for adults only.
This year’s Capital Conference was a great success. Sponsors from all over Texas descended on The University of Texas at Austin during the last week of June. The number of elementary and junior high participants greatly exceeded that of the previous year. I hope you will participate next year and attend coaching and program sessions for your events. If you are interested in presenting a session, please contact me at rsalves@mail.utexas.edu or by phone at (512) 471-5883. Participants need to encounter different pointsofview and coaching techniques in order to provide a richer experience for their students.
If you have not already done so, please subscribe to the elementary and junior high list serve. It’s a great forum for communication with colleagues, and I rely on it to relate information to you. We are using the same atlases and dictionaries that were used in the 2001-2002 school year. The list for the art contest is the same as last year, but will change in the 2003-2004 school year at the same time that a division for seventh and eighthgrade students will be added. The lists for music memory and spelling change every year, so include materials for those events when you order practice materials.
I enjoy hearing from you, and I appreciate all of your feedback. Keep it up! Let me know how your year is going. Your success is my top priority.
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